AL.com is counting down to the 2017 SEC football season on Sept. 2 by presenting the No. 1 player to wear each number 1 through 99 in the conference's history. There are 87 days until the first Saturday of the SEC football season, and the No. 1 87 is Vanderbilt wide receiver Jordan Matthews.

Jordan Matthews was an All-SEC wide receiver for Vanderbilt in 2012 and 2013, when the Commodores posted nine victories in each season.

Vanderbilt hadn't won nine games in a season since 1915 and, with two nine-win seasons in a row, set a school record for victories in consecutive campaigns.

In helping the Commodores reach new heights, Matthews reached some himself.

In 2013, the former Madison Academy standout set an SEC record for receptions in a season with 112 - 15 more than any receiver had caught in a single campaign to that point in the conference's history. The single-season receptions record has since been broken by Alabama's Amari Cooper.

But Matthews still reigns as the conference's leader in career receptions with 262 and career receiving yards with 3,759. He was the fourth SEC receiver with 3,000 receiving yards.

Runner-up at No. 87: Georgia defensive tackle Jimmy Payne

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